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The skinny on 'Lean' education

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Educators should learn a thing or two from the Just-In-Time and Lean production techniques used by the automotive industry if they are to add value to the student experience as quickly and effectively as possible. That's ...


Parenting skills for workers

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The skills learned while raising a family are readily transferable into the knowledge work environment, according to a study published in the International Journal of Knowledge and Learning.


Aged care workers to leave industry en masse due to stress, warns study

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 27, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Almost a third of registered aged care nurses are considering quitting in the next year because of job stress, says a new University of Melbourne study.





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Futuristic 48-Core Intel Chip Could Reshape How Computers are Built (w/ Video)

Electronics / Hardware

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (29) | comments 19

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Intel Labs demonstrated an experimental, 48-core Intel processor, or "single-chip cloud computer," that rethinks many of the approaches used in today's designs for laptops, ...


Why females live longer than males: is it due to the father's sperm?

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (20) | comments 12

Researchers in Japan have found that female mice produced by using genetic material from two mothers but no father live significantly longer than mice with the normal mix of maternal and paternal genes. Their findings provide ...


Message for women and dogs: keeping ovaries is linked to longevity

Biology / Other

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- This year, hundreds of thousands of women and pet dogs will undergo a hysterectomy and have their ovaries removed along with their uterus. Now, two independent research studies looking at longevity may challenge ...


Web sites aim to survive with hyperlocal focus

Technology / Internet

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Finding a financially viable way to provide local news is a challenge large metropolitan newspapers are confronting. But a Coral Gables, Fla., Web site is among a few locally with faith it can succeed.


Climate change could boost incidence of civil war in Africa

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (17) | comments 11

Climate change could increase the likelihood of civil war in sub-Saharan Africa by over 50 percent within the next two decades, according to a new study led by a team of researchers at University of California, Berkeley, ...


First reconstitution of an epidermis from human embryonic stem cells

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Stem cell research is making great strides. This is yet again illustrated by a study carried out by the I-STEM Institute (France), published in the Lancet on 21 November 2009. The I-STEM team, directed by Marc Peschanski has su ...


Like humans, ants use bacteria to make their gardens grow

Like humans, ants use bacteria to make their gardens grow

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Leaf-cutter ants, which cultivate fungus for food, have many remarkable qualities.


Researchers Find Innate Correlations Among Different Power Law Phenomena

Researchers Find Innate Correlations Among Different Power Law Phenomena

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (21) | comments 18

(PhysOrg.com) -- Studying the patterns that emerge in natural and social phenomena is a popular area of research, although usually individual phenomena are studied separately from each other. In a recent study, ...


Scientists find previous seasonal flu infections may provide some level of H1N1 immunity

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology have found that previous influenza infections may provide at least some level of immunity to the H1N1 "swine" flu.


CWRU to develop technologies for virtual coaching to help patient-doctor communications

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Millions of people suffer from chronic ailments like heart disease, high blood pressure or diabetes, and need critical information from their healthcare providers to manage those diseases.



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